Regents International School Pattaya, formerly known as The Regents International School of Pattaya, Thailand, is a British international school situated on the Gulf of Thailand which offers British and international education to students age 2 1/2 until the age of 18. Though most of its students are day students, many others reside on campus as it is also a boarding school. The school became a member of Nord Anglia Education, an international education provider, in August 2012, as the first school in Southeast Asia to become part of the organisation. The school is a member of the Round Square organisation and bases its core ethos on the philosophies of the association.
History
Founded in 1995, it began as a small school with 40 students but has since grown to possess a student body of over 1,000 pupils, with about 80 of those boarding on site. The school began as a response to cater for the growing number of expatriate families whose jobs were based in the Eastern Seaboard of Thailand. After 1995 the school saw a five-year period in which it grew rapidly. In the same year St. George’s Boarding House for Senior Boys and St. Andrews for Juniors was erected and the student body then stood at 440. The transition into the new decade saw the school become a member of several organisations that it remains a part of to this day. In 2000 it joined FOBISSEA. In 2012 the school joined Nord Anglia Education which is now a global family of 66 premium schools in 29 countries with more than 64,000 students.
Demographics
As of 2019 the school's 1,000 students represent over 50 nationalities; the top five are Thai, Chinese, British, South Korean, American. Most of the teaching staff are British, but there are also Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians and Americans present. Most faculty are native speakers of English.
The school includes a 25-metre swimming pool, a second pool for early primary, a full sized rugby and football pitch, a double gymnasium, an all weather sports running track, a covered astroturf, and a 256-seat theatre.
The school has four modern boarding houses: Elizabeth House, Victoria House St. Andrews House and St. George's House are all located on school grounds and cater for students from year 3 to year 13. All students throughout the school, from early years to sixth form, are members of one of the four house teams of the school. Each are represented by a colour and an element. These houses regularly take part in house competitions throughout the academic year where points are earned. These points are tallied at the end of the year when a winner is announced.
Blue: Water
Red: Fire
Green: Earth
Yellow: Air
Round Square
The school was formally inducted into Round Square at St. Philip's College in Alice Springs, Australia, where the 2001 International Round Square Conference was hosted. Since the school joined Round Square in 2001 it has since applied Kurt Hahn's educational ethos into its holistic educational structure. Students take part in community service projects, practice democracy through student council and are taught to be aware of social issues. In the 2010/2011 academic year Regents International School Pattaya hosted the Round Square International Conference, under the theme "We Walk Together" which brought together 750 delegates from over 20 countries.
